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ALVVAIELWALKER, OF OSWEGO, NEW YORK.

Lettere` Patent No. 78,625, dated June 2, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN WATER-ELEVATOBS.

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Be it known that I, ALVAE WALKR, of the town and county of Oswego, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Apparatus for Raising Water from Wells; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the let-ters of reference marked thereon.

i The nature of my invention consists in a. horizontal draught.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

Eiigst, I attach 'a rope or. chain to a common well-bucket, pass it over a pulley above the well, high enough to be out of the way of anything passing under it, then in carrying it toward the house, or in any direction far enough to permit the,v bucket to descend to the bottom of the well, after passing over Aanother pulley of the same or any other height, and down under the third pulley, near the ground, where I attach a ring or handle, to put my hand in, so that, taking hold of the ring as I walk toward the well, I pull the rope, which draws the bucket of water: up, and pours it into the spout. l

Turning a. crank, and operating a pump of reiprocal movement, are often found to be tasksipoculiarly nsuited to women, who have much to do'in this branch of domestic duty. The labor applied in 'walking with the ring or hook in the hand, in lifting a. bucket of water by my device, is very slight, and on arriving at the well the operator finds the bucket at the top of the well, and full of fresh-drawn water, or'tilted into the delivery-spout, as may bc desired.

-The aid of a skilled mechanic is not needed inthe construction of a water-elevator on this principle. The well may be sheltered in the usual manner, and a board a few inches .wide will be vsuflicierit to protect the horizontally-extended rope from the weather.

The ring or hook-end ofthe rope may be weighted, so as, if let fall, to resist the too rapid descent of the i bucket. Moreover, a child, incapable of turning a .Wheel by a crank, or working the brake of a pump, may

draw water easifly and safely by means of my invention.

What I claim as my invention, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

'The curb O, pulley G, pulley or pulleys H, and cord F, arranged horizontally, with the fastening I, all combined and arrangedA substantially as and for the purposes described and shown.

I ALVAH WALKER.

Witnesses:

HENRY L. Davis,

S. A. LATHROP. 

